IUPUI Chancellor Charles R. Bantz today announced the selection of Dr. Augustine (Austin) Agho as the Dean of the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, pending approval by the IU Board of Trustees. Agho is currently the founding Dean of the School of Health Professions and Studies at the University of Michigan-Flint, a position he has held since 2001. Agho will assume his new duties at IUPUI on July 14, 2008.

Chancellor Charles R. Bantz

"Dr. Agho's service as the founding dean of a School of Health Professions and Studies, his expertise in health administration, and successful research career make him the right choice to lead the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences," said IUPUI Chancellor Charles R. Bantz. "We are very pleased he is joining IUPUI--Indiana's urban research and academic health sciences campus."

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IUPUI's Office of Communication & Marketing is a big winner in this year's 23rd Annual Admissions Advertising Awards, earning five awards - a "Best of Show," two Gold awards, one Bronze and a Merit award - in the nation's largest educational advertising competition.

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis snagged a prestigious "Best of Show" award for its "Where IMPACT is Made" campaign. Among universities with enrollments of 20,000 or more students, IUPUI won a Gold award for the "IMPACT" campaign, a Bronze award for JagTV's "The Spot" news/feature podcast, and a Merit award for health and life sciences podcasts.

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IUPUI Executive Vice Chancellor and Dean of the Faculties Uday Sukhatme is pleased to announce the selection of Prof. Pratibha Varma-Nelson as the Executive Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning and Professor of Chemistry, pending approval by the IU Board of Trustees. Varma-Nelson is a Professor of Chemistry at Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU), Chicago. For the past two years, she has been on academic leave from NEIU in order to serve as a Program Director in the Division of Undergraduate Education at the National Science Foundation.

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Two of Herron School of Art and Design's faculty, Anita Giddings and Sherry Stone-Clifton, wrote the recently released "Oil Painting for Dummies book!" It combines plain-English instruction with loads of full color illustrations to help beginner painters master the basics.

Giddings is a fine arts lecturer and the coordinator of elective arts at Herron School of Art and Design. Clifton is a lecturer in foundation studies at the Herron. Like all For Dummies(r) books, "Oil Painting For Dummies!", concludes with "The Part of Tens," including ten strategies to immediately improve your oil painting and ten artists every aspiring oil painter should know about. A helpful "Cheat Sheet" in the front of the book lists some basic paint colors and materials the beginning painter should have; provides a homemade viewfinder for framing perspective when blocking out paintings; and includes a full-spectrum color wheel.

A dean at IUPUI, a Marion County Superior Court judge, and a vice president of My Health Care Manager have been awarded the prestigious IUPUI Maynard K. Hine Medallion.

The Maynard K. Hine Medallion is presented to individuals who have had a unique and significant impact on IUPUI. Named for the first chancellor of IUPUI, who believed that a strong alumni program was essential, the award is presented annually at the IUPUI Alumni Leaders' dinner. The awards are sponsored by the IUPUI Alumni Council.

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History Associate Professor Monroe H. Little Jr. and ophthalmology Associate Professor David A. Suzuki are the recipients of the 2008 Joseph Taylor Excellence in Diversity Awards at IUPUI.

The Excellence in Diversity Award recognizes IUPUI individuals and campus programs that have contributed to the increased recruitment and retention of African American, Hispanic and Native Americans among IUPUI faculty, staff and students. Nominations for recipients are solicited campuswide.

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Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Professor Gary R. Bond is among the nation's most productive scholarly writers in the field of clinical psychology, according to a recent study.

In a survey of scholarly publications of almost 2,000 faculty members at 166 accredited clinical psychology PhD. Programs, researchers ranked Bond 31st in the number of published peer-reviewed journal articles. The IUPUI professor was 47th in the total number of publications, which included books, book chapters, and articles in peer-reviewed journals.

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Carmen Luca Sugawara, an Assistant Professor at the Indiana University School of Social Work, has been awarded the Frank Turner Prize by the publishers of International Social Work.

The award was given for the article, "Civil society's role in promoting local development in countries in transition: A comparative study of the Philippines and Romania," published in 2006. Jocelyn Hermoso was co-author of the article.

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Diane Mack worries a lot. In fact, she is a professional class worrier.

When she sees expanses of glass, Mack cringes. When large crowds gather, she is anxious. Mack can't help but look for potential threats and danger.

It all comes with the territory of working to make sure the campus has the right policies, equipment, and procedures to keep everyone on campus as safe as can be.

Mack, who had been director for strategic planning at the Indiana Department of Homeland Security, joined IUPUI on January 2, 2008 as the Emergency Preparedness Manager.

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There is a special incentive for students in Preston Ray's design technology class at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). They know their work will help a New Orleans neighborhood get back on its feet.

Working in teams, the students are preparing technical drawings that the Broadmoor Development Corporation can use to build six single family homes in the Broadmoor neighborhood of New Orleans. The homes will be sold or rented, adding to the stock of available living spaces for low and middle-income residents who call that neighborhood home.

Flooded badly in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Broadmoor's first challenge was to survive. It was so badly damaged that some New Orleans officials thought the only thing to do was to turn the neighborhood into parkland, an idea its residents flatly rejected.

In years past, students in Interior Design, Architectural Technology, and Construction Engineering Management Technology at IUPUI would have being working on fictitious projects for imaginary clients.

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Sean P. Clarke, RN, PhD, CRNP, FAAN, will be the distinguished lecturer at the Eighth Annual Sonna Ehrlich Merk Distinguished Lectureship on Friday, March 7, 2008. A luncheon and lecture, hosted jointly by the state's largest nursing school, IU School of Nursing and Indiana's largest healthcare network, Clarian Health, Inc. will take place from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the Ballroom of the University Place Conference Center & Hotel on the IUPUI campus. Dr. Clarke's presentation is entitled "Challenges and Opportunities for Nursing in the Pay-for-Performance Movement."

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The work of Indiana University School of Social Work faculty will be front and center at international conferences this spring and summer.

Akanke Omorayo-Adenrele, field coordinator with the MSW program, was invited to attend the 2008 Annual Caribbean Studies meeting to be held in San Andres, Columbia in May.

Her invitation to appear at the conference noted that her suggested paper entitled, "International educational practicum experiences," was among the best submissions.

Then in July, four faculty members have been invited to appear at the 34th Biannual Congress of the International Association of Schools of Social Work in Durban, South Africa.

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